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THE U-L RAGIN CAJUN SOFTBALL TEAM WON IN DRAMATIC FASHION YESTERDAY OVER TEXAS A&M TO TAKE THE REGIONAL FINALS HELD AT LAMSON PARK IN LAFAYETTE. D-J SANDERS HIT A HOME RUN IN THE SEVENTH AND FINAL INNING TO TIE IT WHILE ALEAH CREIGHTON HIT THE WINNING HOMER IN THE NINTH. U-L IS HEADING TO ITS FIFTH CONSECUTIVE SUPER REGIONAL FINAL. THEY PLAY OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, WITH THE FIRST GAME TAKING PLACE ON THURSDAY.
A LAKE CHARLES FATHER IS UPSET THAT A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AT JOHN F. KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALKED HIS KINDERGARTEN CHILD HOME LAST WEEK AFTER HE MISSED THE SCHOOL BUS. THE SUBSTITUTE LEFT THE CHILD TO WANDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE NOBODY WAS HOME, AND THE FATHER, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, SAYS THE FAMILY SPENT TWENTY MINUTES SEARCHING FOR THE BOY BEFORE FINDING HIM AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOME. JOHNSON SAYS HE WANTS TO KNOW WHO AUTHORIZED THE SUBSTITUTE TO WALK HIS SON HOME AND WHY THE SCHOOL NEVER CALLED HIM. KPLC TV REPORTS THAT THE CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD HAS INDICATED THEY ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED.
A 66-YEAR-OLD ST. MARTINVILE MAN DIED IN A CAR CRASH SUNDAY MORNING. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM IS CALLING FOR PASTORS TO COME TO THE CAPITAL TOMORROW TO URGE LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT THE PASTORS PROTECTION ACT. GENE MILLS TELLS US ABOUT IT.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards hopes to have a framework of tax proposals for a planned June special session to lawmakers by the end of this week. That was the word Friday from Edwards’ spokesman Richard Carbo. Edwards wants to call lawmakers into a special session to make tax changes to help close a $600 million budget gap and stave off deep cuts to state programs. Lawmakers can’t raise taxes or tweak tax breaks in the current regular session.
ON WEDNESDAY, THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IS SCHEDULED TO DECIDE WHETHER TO APPROVE TWO APPLICATIONS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS. ATHLOS ACADEMY WANTS TO OPERATE A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE SCHOOL, WITH A CAPACITY OF UP TO 12-HUNDRED STUDENTS. THE JEFFERSON CHAMBER FOUNDATION ACADEMY HAS APPLIED TO RUN AN ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE IN DANGER OF DROPPING OUT. IF THE BOARD REJECTS THE APPLICATIONS, THE ORGANIZATIONS CAN APPEAL TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
A JENNINGS WOMAN WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT ON I-TEN SATURDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, 54-YEAR-OLD PHILIP BENOIT OF JENNINGS WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-TEN WHEN HE WENT OFF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A FENCE. HE AND HIS FEMALE PASSENGER, 51-YEAR-OLD DONNIE BENOIT, WERE EJECTED AND BENOIT LATER DIED AT AN AREA HOSPITAL. TOXICOLOGY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CRASH CONTINUES.
THERE WAS A STABBING LAST NIGHT IN MORGAN CITY. IT HAPPENED AROUND 6-30 ON PECAN STREET. POLICE TOOK THE VICTIM AND A SUSPECT, WHO WERE BOTH INJURED, TO THE HOSPITAL. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
